What a disgrace
Apparently the labor Gov has done the lowest act ever in back flipping on a deal that they said they would never allow - the Venezuelan Fishing Purse seining fleet to come into our waters and deplete our oceans. But low and behold the Labor Gov has signed off on the deal to the Venezuelan Govt allowing them to send X amount of Purse seine boats this way and deplete our Southern Oceans. But wait for it...............The Labor Govt has signed off that each boat are allowed 64 tonne of fish per day and this ain't this worst thing, the fish that they slaughter will not be used as food but in fact be sent to Asia to used as food for the Asian fish farms. WTF!!!!
The worst thing also is that the Govt has pulled the report from file and there is nothing that can be done about it now, so the Venezuelan Purse seine fleet will be fishing the East Coast right around to the West Coast of Australia. Report is apparently not available freely yet but has been leaked. We really need to kick up a stink about this!!!!!
uncle
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if this is true
its almost unbievable, imagine the effect this would have on our zones, we'll be right the greenies will be all over this,maybe hijack some fishing boats
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Faulkner Family
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bloody disgusting. they cut
bloody disgusting. they cut the limits over here in oz only to allow these boats to rape our waters
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
randall df223
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is this the same government
is this the same government that wants to lock away most of the recreational fishing areas based upon some fanciful report report by a US based company? I wonder what the financial gain for the govt is?
Fish! HARD!
ben89
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Hope this leaked report is a
Hope this leaked report is a hoax or has at least been exaggerated.
pricey10
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They did the same in New
They did the same in New Zealand there was more then enough fish in the ocean for all of the local boats to catch all they wanted to then they allowed the floating fish factories to come in and drag net the oceans and ended up screwing the local pro boats! good on ya goverment!
Karratha. WA
Brody
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www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-3
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-30/super-trawler-headed-for-tasmania/4042862
Caza
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Date Joined: 05/01/11
I think we all need to buy a
I think we all need to buy a gun and start "orginizing" the Australia government. I feel a
Bit sick after reading that I swear if we put a rock in a suit paid it alot of money for doing f all it'd do a
Better job than the dumb f$&ks we have now
My names mark and i'm addicted to fishing
katsy85
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That's not cricket! I can't
That's not cricket! I can't believe..., yes... With this govt I can.. Hope the next election is soon, or I might have to stock up the 308!
Caza
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Katsy Come into my work and
Katsy Come into my work and I will gladly fill up a few 308 mags for you. I think a good question would be why are the fishing our waters and not there own. Probaly cause they overfished there own waters
My names mark and i'm addicted to fishing
Bruce
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exactly its absolutely
exactly its absolutely ridiculous. this is gonna become just like greenpeace and the whaling episodes.
meglodon
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I feel like throwing up !!
Never has so much damage to the environment been done by so few in such a short period of time. Lets see if the American do goody group has anything to say about this, I bet they don't. The only force they seem able to target is the amateur fishing part of our society.
The sooner we have a double dissolution and all the people can express their outrage against this government the better. As for the damage that looms on the horizion I think all of the fishing fraternity should make their objections known to their local fed mp. Let him/her know that at the next election they will take all necessary action to help the sitting member be defeated unless they get of their shiney backside and stop the proposed change happening. Why are we allowing this type of activity in our waters when we stopped the whaling fleet from working in Aust (continental) waters.
Next time I see some one selling Gillard your a joke bumper stickers I'm going to buy one.
pricey10
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Im gonna enrol and vote
Im gonna enrol and vote against her
Karratha. WA
Caza
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Nah don't vote against that
Nah don't vote against that bitch to much effort when we just have to kill one
My names mark and i'm addicted to fishing
grantarctic1
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Please add more info
GusG, Can you please add more info about this topic, ie ( source of information or a link to the topic ) I would like to share this story to spread the word about these crazy decisions made by our government.
Cheers Grant..
UncutTriggerInWA
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I agree mate
Lots of fuss being made here and I haven't heard anything of any substance. A thread going crazy over a post that has no substance. Or does it?
Vince.
Work smart and fish often.
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meglodon
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I readily agree ...but
I readily agree with your comments, especialy the last three words. It is most unfortunate but this government has been shown to operate within the shadows that many times that a suggestion of a possible change to the statisquo can spark a rash of comments that are accompanied by very strong feelings and the out pooring of distrust. I stand by my earlier comments but also agree that there is nothing concrete to base them on,just adeep feeling that with a government which has stealth and guile as the corner stones of it's opperations nothing can be written of as impossible or outlandish
Travisd
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agree
surely not even julia is this stupid_
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terboz123
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julia needs to get the ****
julia needs to get the **** out of power full stop. She IS stupid enough. She doesnt even run the country, we all know who does.
a hard days fishing still beats work
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GCGFC membergibbs
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Huh! If this is gonna happen
Huh! If this is gonna happen there is nothing we can do about it. A bunch if grumpy men signing partitions and emailing mp's is gonna do jack shit. What happened to the good old days when people would march down streets yelling abusive chants to those suppressive figures controlling our future. The public is way to cool these days but realistically we're all just to lazy and soft to try to make any real difference. Have fun moaning
GusG
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I got this info from a friend
I got this info from a friend with a fair few connections in the industry so i think it would be fairly legit. He is trying to get a copy of the report and will hoepfully have it today. As soon as I know more I will post it up.
tangles
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crazy
i met a few of the old boys down in albany when i took a boat from perth to adelaide and these guys were struggling as it was then. What are they going to do now if this happens. And most of these guys only fish in places like peaceful bay not out in the middle of the ocean. And what about places like the abrohlos islands where every april you get a huge and i mean huge sardine run. Schools nearly as far as you can see! I dont think the local cray boys or other operators are gona be happy seeing these coke sniffing fruit cakes in their very unseaworthy tubs coming thru netting. These guys probably dont even know how to operate a vessel properly let alone identify cray gear in the water. Are they really going to abide by Australian Maritime law, shoud be interesting to see what fisheries has got to say about this if they are even going to comment. No punt on you either adam, that was directed at the peanuts down here in perth mate!
Bodie
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blooyd hell a 142 metre
bloody hell a 142 metre trawler!!!!
crasny1
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I cant see how they would get this through Parliament
Remeber its a minority government. Functions because the Green and Independants hold the balance of power. And I am sure that if we as amatuer fisherman feel disgusted (most off us on here has a tinge of green when it comes to fishing) then I am sure the Green's would be fuming.
But then Ginger Ninja could have pulled another swifty.
I would like to see the real report or document. Until then I will keep my fury at bay.
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Dundee bill
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And the new rules say we cant
And the new rules say we cant have any more than nine kilo of fish in our freezer, I dont think so. When will this crap end.
Paul H
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No suprise from me - the
No suprise from me - the reason we are facing marine parks and sanctuary zones has nothing to do with preserving fishstocks or biodiversity and never has......
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Dan
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Think this is the case of
Think this is the case of Chinese whispers gone wrong; and a few people mis-interpreting and reading in between the lines a bit......
From the news link, you can clearly read that it is an Australian Company, that is leasing the trawler - yes that's right, an Aussie company, that has historically fished the resource along Tassies East coast (Jack Mackerel and Red Bait mainly)
Sure, they are enlisting a biiiiiig boat to do the catching......but they are catching a resource that has been allocated to them by fisheries/government to harvest - based on a sustainable TAC limit. If they have a permit to catch 'x' amount of fish, and they think it would be more cost effective to catch that resource using a bigger boat - why wouldn't they ?? - do Gina, Twiggy, Clive use picks and shovels to gather a resource that they have been permitted to collect ? - no, they use big arse diggers and tip trucks ! .....and sell the product overseas !!....
beyond the opinions a few greenies waffling rubbish about vacuum cleaners etc...this is a mid-water trawler - ie pelagic....ie doesn't touch the ocean bottom and is so species selective that they are renowned for usually having less than 1% bycatch....
Report also states that they will have an AFMA observer onboard recording all catch data
It's mis-information, exaggeration and paranoia that is the biggest threat to everything we do.....
johnno67
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my old man
My old man used to run a place in Albany called southern ocean fish processors in late seventies place got shut down cause our GOVT stopped them fishing in certain waters.
So they let some imports fish our waters whilst aussie companys get shut down what a load of crap